morning breeze. But their heads are arched and checked, gracefully
they pause, one leg uplifted, seized and baffled by the arrested
movement. They are the horses of Constantine, brought from Rome, so
Dictionary Entry
To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
Origin
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Common Phrases
. arrested
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Seen In Poems
Poetry examples for “arrested”
— Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
double edges of flash and shadow; domes glare, inverted beryls
hanging over arrested scintillations. The fountains flake and fringe
with the scatter of the sun. The mosaic floors of _atriums_ are no
of the great horses stand upon its fragments, full-tilted to an
arrested advance, and the green corroding on their sides is hidden in
the glare of gold.
restaurant became a terrifying virago who would have
him arrested by the police, if Ray had not intervened.
And when he threatened to call in the police against her,
kill some others of the apostolic band. Accordingly,
he arrested Simon Peter; but, fortunately, concluded
not to kill him until after Easter, so thrust him in
Be caught and carried by the winds that blow,
Nor let it be arrested by the skies:
I who am mortal say I shall not die;
heavens
Arrested, beating thick with wonder.
ture and of unforeseen exquisiteness: he dreamed of carriages
of the “County” arrested before his windows, of exquisite
women ruffling charmed, entranced to his counter. And charm-
Like vivid thought the air spins bright, and all
Trees, birds, and earth, arrested in the after-thought
Awaiting the sentence out from the welkin brought.
otherwise would be intolerable--Debtors: their different kinds:
three particularly described; others more briefly--An arrested
Prisoner: his Account of his Feelings and his Situation--The